Ripping refers to copying audio or video file from a storage device like a hard disk or any other source like an application or online database. At times you would have liked a song on Spotify and you wish to save it on your device as an mp3 file and not just on Spotify. But, were you unable to do it? No worries because now you can do all that you want with the rippers. Ripping would let you listen to streaming free, download to your device, copy and share the tracks with your friends. You can edit the tracks at will. There are some Spotify Rippers for you:

For Mac:
iMusic; Replay music; Streaming audio recorder

For Windows:
iMusic; Replay music; Streaming audio recorder; Audacity

For Linux (Ubuntu):
Audacity; Audio recorder

Here is a list of some rippers that could come handy for this purpose.

Spotify Ripper 1. iMusic

iMusic is a powerful and comprehensive music tool, it is hard to find some similar software like iMusic on the market. If you are a music lover, it is for you. iMusic can fast solve your all problems about music such as discovery music, download music, record music, manage your music library, fix music tags and covers automatically, transfer music between any devices, burn music in cd, create music cd for your car, find music lyrics, get apple music offline, play music and more.

Step 2: Click GET MUSIC, you will find 3 ways to get music: discovery music in iMusic program, download music and record music. Tab then RECORD.

Step 3: Find the music and play it, click then the Record button.
iMusic will detect the music and record it automatically. Another great thing is that the music tags and cover will be added automatically while Recording. It looks like you bought a complete song.

Step 4: After Recording, click the record icon, you can find the recorded songs in MUSIC LIBRARY or ITUNES LIBRARY.

Spotify Ripper 2. Replay Music

It’s a brilliant creation useful to record music for personal use. All you need to do is install, select the network and hit record.

Step 2 Go to the settings and select the location you wish to save the rip, format you need.

Step 3 Click on guides, select the service provider (music platform)

Step 4 Visit the music site, play music. Replay music would automatically start recording and tag the details simultaneously.

Step 5 Save and enjoy.

Pros

• Easy to use.
• Pre-assigned links to the famous and most used music networks.
• Auto tagging of details.

Cons

• Its not free for Mac.
• Limited features on the free version. Around 15$ for full version.

Spotify Ripper 3. Audacity

It is a basic application and ripping large number of tracks might not be user friendly. It requires an effort to rip the tracks. Users will need to rename the tracks and other details manually. But you can get edit tracks and other modifications using this software.

Step 1 Start audacity and then open "edit" menu and select "preferences‘. Set channel as stereo.

Step 2 Press the record button and then play the music on the Spotify application.

Note: The audacity records all the music/ sounds output from the speakers, thus any other noise or sound from the system would also be recorded. So to avoid disturbance turn them to mute.

Step 3 Press stop and an audio map would open. Add markers to select the track section you need and save it. Then you are ready to go.

Pros:

• Easy to use.
• Select your section on the track.
• Free

Cons:

• Requires enough efforts.
• Lack user friendly features.

Spotify Ripper 4. iSkysoft Audio Recorder

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Step 2 Hit the record button and go to the source file (music streaming site) and start the track.

Step 3 iSkysoft would automatically start the recording as the music starts.

Note: For syncing the track details, you need to register and purchase the complete version.

Pros:

• Useful to rip tracks.
• Easy to use.

Cons

• Need full version, purchase service to use all the features.
• Cannot support all the streaming stations.

Spotify Ripper 5. Audio Recorder

This audio recorder is useful for Gnome and Ubuntu (Linux) users. It can be used for version 10.10 onwards. It is very handy and easy to use. It can trigger the recording function in sync with the Linux media players as well as Skype.